Pacific Boat Building. Trial run of "Victory".

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building. Trial run of "Victory".

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building. Trial run of "Victory".

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Launching "Oceanic" by Pacific Boat Building.

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Exterior views of Peterson Boat Building Co. for Mr. Heitman of Fidelity Rent & Collection. This site, adjoining the Foss yard on the outer edge of the Middle Waterway, was chosen by the father & son team of George and John Peterson for their shipyard. It was devoted entirely to the construction of fishing vessels. This is a view of hull #7 under construction. The finished vessel would be 11 feet in depth, 22 ft. beam, 85 ft. long and weigh 120 tons. Peterson operated at this location until 1969 when it was destroyed by fire. (TT 8/5/1942, pg. 3) TPL-9441

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma;

Army boxers prepare at the YMCA for the upcoming benefit boxing show at the Armory, scheduled for October 24, 1941. The Young Mens' Business Club (YMBC) is sponsoring the show to raise money for the 103rd Anti Tank Unit's Athletic Fund. Pictured in the ring are Charles Rosengren, Art Gowan and Coach Ernie Jensen. Along the ropes are Art Erickson, Doc Angelo, Roy Regensberg, Spence Pitts, Grant Buck, Bill Springer, Mervin McAtee and Walter Cotter. (T. Times 10/21/1941 p.13)

Boxers (Sports)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boxing--Tacoma; Young Mens Business Club (Tacoma);

Newly completed bridge in Ruston. The 300 foot bridge spanned the gulch at Winnifred and N. 53rd St., 125 feet above the Northern Pacific railroad tunnel. The reinforced concrete structure replaced an outdated wooden structure. It cost $31,000. The official dedication and ribbon cutting was on December 13, 1941. (T. Times, 12/13/1941; 11/1/41, pg. 3; 12/13/41, pg. 3-Picture).

Bridges--Ruston--1940-1950; Bridge construction;

Exterior of Buckley-King Funeral Service at corner of Tacoma Avenue South and South First Street for North Pacific Banknote Company; includes Funeral Church on the left and mortuary on the right. When this Romanesque-Italian structure was built in 1927, it was one of two funeral churches in the U.S. and it became the model for this kind of structure. It was designed by Hill and Mock, Architects, and built of brick with sandstone trim. The mortuary's motto was "Modern and Moderate." In 1987, the structures were purchased by the adjacent First Presbyterian Church.

Buckley-King Funeral Service (Tacoma);

Mayor Harry Cain watches as three Boy Scouts stack some of the tires collected during the old rubber drive held over a two week period in June of 1942. The boy on top of the pile is Bob Hogberg, on the left is Jay Fox and on the right is Fred Dean. The Boy Scouts collected over 32,000 pounds of old tires and other rubber products the first day of the drive. The scouts received 1 cent per pound for the rubber. They planned to use the money to pay for construction of a new cabin at Camp Kilworth. (T. Times 6/16/1942 p.16)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Hogberg, Bob; Fox, Jay; Dean, Fred; World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Scrap drives--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tires;

Mayor Harry P. Cain cutting the ribbon for the grand opening of Personal Finance Company loan office on March 21, 1942. Those present included Mrs. Plan, June Mance, Lee Bredemeier, Nancy Johnson,cashier, S.J. Gallert, Asst. Mgr., Dan White, Mgr., Mayor Cain, Miss Moore, W.H. Taylor, P.L. Collyer. The new firm was located at 914 1/2 Broadway in the Keyes Building. Hundreds of Tacomans poured through the offices during the three hour open house. Cigars were presented to the gentlemen, gardenia corsages to the ladies and balloon and lollipops to the kiddies. Mayor Cain made a speech about Tacoma's newest "progressive" company and the improvements they had made to each community they did business in. Tacoma was the newest branch for the coast to coast small loan company. ALBUM 13. (T. Times 3/24/1942, pg. 2)

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; Personal Finance Co. (Tacoma); Business & finance--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Mayor Harry P. Cain greets men gathered at a meeting of the South Tacoma Kiwanis Club in honor of Glenn Reeves, the man in glasses two persons left of Mayor Cain, at the South Tacoma Masonic Temple. Percy C. Rollins, president of the South Tacoma Kiwanis, and Don S. Wolford are also pictured. The June 10, 1942, gathering was a last chance to say farewell to North Pacific Bank vice-president Reeves who was retiring and moving to Seattle to assume the presidency of Seattle Radio Supply. He and his wife Myra lived at 5617 South Puget Sound. (TNT 6-11-42, p. 8) ALBUM 13.

Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Reeves, Glenn A.; South Tacoma Kiwanis Club (Tacoma);

By the end of May of 1942, more than 7,000 people of Japanese ancestry from Seattle and the surrounding area, including 1200 from Tacoma, were being detained at "Camp Harmony," a temporary assembly center built hastily by the army in Puyallup. They stayed there for four months, until they were shipped to the Minidoka Relocation Center in Southern Idaho to wait for the end of the war. In this photograph taken May 16, 1942, Seattleites Beverly Higashida (2 years old), Lillian Fujihara, seven month old Wayne Kaniko and his mother Mrs. M. Kaniko all smiled for the camera. Whole families were sent to the camp, each assigned a one room "apartment." The Japanese proceeded to make a home out of the almost unbearable conditions, forming a government, school and devising entertainments. Their values remained intact and their spirits high. (T. Times 4/30/1942, pg. 9)

Camp Harmony (Puyallup); Relocation camps--Puyallup; World War, 1939-1945--Relocation camps; Japanese Americans--Evacuation & relocation, 1942-1945; Children riding bicycles & tricycles; Fujihara, Lillian; Higashida, Beverly; Kaniko, Wayne;

1942 Rhythm class in drumming at Central School. Nearly 40 students stand by their desks with music books open and drumsticks in hand. Music was an integral part of Central School's curriculum as the school believed that every student should have the chance to learn to play an instrument or to sing. Lennard Anderson was the director of music at Central School for many years.

Central School (Tacoma); Public schools--Tacoma--1940-1950; School children--Tacoma--1940-1950; Music education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Classrooms--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Two soldiers from Fort Lewis narrowly escaped serious injury on October 11, 1941 when the truck they were driving skidded on the wet pavement on the bridge over Chambers Creek, crashed through the guard rail, and plunged into the water. The truck, loaded with fuel wood, quickly settled to the bottom, 20 feet below the surface. The soldiers were able to force open the doors on the truck, and they popped to the surface like corks. Charles Alex, who lived near the bridge, helped pull the soldiers to shore, and drove them back to the army base. Driver of the vehicle was identified as Pvt. Howard D. Blalock from Ventura, California, of Battery D, 144th Field Artillery. His passenger was tentatively listed as a Pvt. Hershey. (T. Times 10/11/1941 p.1-article only)

Chambers Creek Bridge (Wash.); Bridges--Washington--1940-1950; Traffic accidents;

Renton housing project showing use of "Cheney Studding". Ordered by Cheney Lumber Company. [Also dated 06-09-1942]

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton;

Renton housing project showing the use of standardized Cheney studding. Construction is the Highlands Development, east of I-405. Photographs made for Cheney Lumber Co.

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton; Construction--Renton;

Renton housing project showing use of "Cheney Studding". Ordered by Cheney Lumber Company. [Also dated 06-09-1942]

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton; Construction--Renton;

Home portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Christenson, taken on December 23, 1941, as they prepared for their 62nd wedding anniversary. The couple posed in the same way as their wedding picture 62 years prior, Mrs. Alabama Christenson's hand resting lightly on her husband's shoulder. The couple was married December 25, 1879 in Shelby County, Iowa. They had been Tacoma residents for 41 years. (T.Times 12/25/1941 p.22-alt photograph )

Christenson, Lawrence P.; Christenson, Alabama; Christenson, Lawrence P.--Homes & haunts; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950;

50th Anniversary services and dinner at Asbury Methodist Church. Group of people singing. (T. Times)

Churches - Protestant Churches - Methodist Churches - Tacoma - Asbury Methodist Church

An unidentified fashion model from Rhodes Department Store stands by a curved glass brick wall in Rhodes Crystal Room. The photograph appeared in the News Tribune Spring Fashion edition. The outfit follows the war industry's plea to conserve and not waste. The hip length jacket is shown over a dress with a box pleated skirt. The dress can be worn alone or with the jacket for two different looks. The hat is of pettipoint straw of tobacco brown and the shoes and bag are of alligator calf. (TNT 3/4/1942, PG. 32)

Clothing and dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma);

Coach Ralph Lackey went over play instructions with Clover Park Warriors Jimmy Allphin (standing left), DeVere Bailey (standing right), (crouching, l to r) Mark Pitman, Walter Mienzen and Steve Tish, to help prepare them for the 1941 Pierce County League title game against the Fife Trojans held on Friday November 7, 1941. Going into the game, each team had won six straight league games. The Warriors defeated the Trojans 7-0, winning their first major sports championship. The only touchdown in the game was scored by 208-pound fullback, Steve Tish. (T.Times 11/6/1941 p.17)

Clover Park High School (Lakewood); Football players--Lakewood--1940-1950; Lackey, Ralph; Allphin, Jimmy; Bailey, DeVere; Pitman, Mark; Mienzen, Walter; Tish, Steve; Football--Lakewood--1940-1950; Students--Lakewood--1940-1950;

The Independents at the College of Puget Sound were getting ready for their first big social of the year, a "Sadie Hawkins Day" dance on Saturday November 8th, 1941, at the Knights of Columbus Hall on 6th and Steele. The climax would be the selection and shotgun wedding of Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae. Candidates for the groom are, left, Jim Angus and Harris Martin; the tall gentleman is Larry Henderson, master of ceremonies and candidates for the not-so-blushing bride are Ruth Sonneman and Annabel Miller. (T. Times 11/7/1941 p.13)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Costumes; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Angus, Jim; Martin, Harris; Henderson, Larry; Sonneman, Ruth; Miller, Annabel;

On June 6, 1942, commencement exercises were held at Jones Hall on the campus of the College of Puget Sound. Eighty-nine degrees were being awarded, including an honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Government to Governor Arthur B. Langlie. He was pictured shaking hands at the exercises with an unidentified man. Rev. Stanley G. Logan was also awarded an honorary degree, Doctor of Divinity. (T. Times 6/6/1942, pg. 1)

College of Puget Sound (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Tacoma; Graduation ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966;

Christmas party. Cooks and waiters union at Eagles Hall on December 22, 1941.

Cooks, Waiters, Waitresses & Bartenders Union Local No. 61 (Tacoma); Labor unions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Santa Claus--Tacoma; Holidays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Christmas trees; Christmas decorations;

Washington Governor Arthur C. Langlie kneels down to get a better look at Benny Robertson's first year cub scout pin. On Friday evening, January 9, 1942, Tacoma Cub Scout Pack #27 had the privilege of playing host to Governor Langlie and his son Jimmy. The scouts are: (left to right) Jack Walters (kneeling), Bobby Hoff, Jerry Snuffin, Karl Peterson, Jack Sandstrom, Benny Robertson, Jim Langlie (governor's son), Nick Chapman, Richard Olson and Tom St. Pierre (kneeling.) (T. Times 1/12/1942, pg. 1)

Cub Scouts, Pack #27 (Tacoma); Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Langlie, Jim; Governors--Washington (State);

Grounds of Lowell T. Murray estate at Gravelly Lake. Kirtland K. Cutter, Architect, 1919. The estate was originally owned by Joseph L. Carman and later purchased by actress Linda Evans. This photograph was taken on October 30, 1941.

Driveways--Lakewood; Murray, Lowell T.--Homes & haunts; Madera (Lakewood);

Group photo of Epsilon Sigma Alpha business sorority at initiation. The Alpha Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held an informal initiation on November 11, 1941 in Sumner and a formal initiation on November 13th in Tacoma. Traditional sorority pillows were given to the new pledges. (T.Times 11-18-41, p. 8-article only)

Epsilon Sigma Alpha (Tacoma); Fraternities & sororities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Safeway Store, new building at Sixth and Pine. The photograph shows a side view of the modest Art Deco style concrete store, featuring the new paving at Sixth and Pine. The grocery store had its Grand Opening on October 10, 1941. It replaced the oldest Safeway in Tacoma, located at 6th Ave and Fife. A sharp "jog" in the road at 6th and Pine had been straightened out and the new pavement is highlighted in this photograph. (T. Times 10/9/1941, pg. 13)

Facades--Tacoma--1940-1950; Safeway Stores, Inc. (Tacoma); Grocery stores--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Photograph of the new storage tanks at the Air Reduction Co., an oxygen producing plant. The plant opened around May of 1942 at 702 Alexander Ave. In June of 1942, Peterman Manufacturing was forced out of its location by the government. The land was needed for the expansion of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. and its many defense contracts. Peterman, originally at 600 Alexander Ave., relocated to Garibaldi Oregon.

Factories--Tacoma; Air Reduction Sales Co. (Tacoma); Peterman Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Storage tanks;

On May 22, 1942, a roomful of little girls nap, unaware that their daycare would be holding an Open House in just a few days. On Tuesday, the 26th, the Tacoma Day Nursery would be open to the public to show off their new wing. The wing was added to care for the increased number of children needing day care as parents went to work in the war industries. The dorm was part of the new wing. Money for the expansion was raised by the Day Nursery Association and Club. (T. Times 5/25/1942, pg. 3)

Tacoma Day Nursery (Tacoma); Day care--Tacoma--1940-1950; Girls--Tacoma--1940-1950; Children--Tacoma--1940-1950;